Help! I Just Made The Leaning Tower Of Piza
Decorating By cassi_g16 Updated 15 Aug 2007 , 8:36pm by alanahodgson
And it wasn't on purpose! I am making a two tier cake (Luckly its for friends) my bottom tier apparently got off a little more with each layer when I was filling, and now has a slight slant to it, I didn't notice till I had the crumb coat finished. I assume ther is nothing I can do about it now 
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What can I do from now on to keep this from happening again?
Use a level to see where you will need to add extra filling. Mark the side that is lower with toothpicks in each torted piece, that way when you restack after each filling, the lower sides are on the same side and it should come out level.
Since you have only crumb coated you could lift each layer and squirt more filling/frosting into raise it up. Good luck!
Did you put dowels and a separator plate between your tiers? If you did, perhaps you did not use enough dowels or they were not spaced far enough to the edges of the upper teir or your dowels were not all cut to the same length. If your 2nd teir is on a separator plate (cardboard or whatever you used) you can take your cake apart and do it again if you feel so motivated. The crumb coat can be repaired and covered with your final coat of icing.
Do you have a cake leveler? If not, that might be something you want to think seriously about.
For now, you can "fix" your bottom layer by cutting supports for your top layer that will compensate for the slant and then do your final coat of icing level with the supports. Since your top tier will be resting on the supports and not on the bottom tier, no one will know except you - and maybe the people who are lucky enough to get a little extra frosting!
You can try it with the icing to compensate, but I've done this before and was only mildly successful. My mistake in the past was that I didn't have my top layer on evenly. When I pay extra close attention to how I put my layers on I'm much more successful in having straight sides. I hope it works out for ya!
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